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第11回努力賞development.From an academic and theoretical standpoint these reforms may not be veryexciting and seem“business-oriented”. This is true. However, if reforms in theseareas are rigorously pursued, the United Nations will be better situated to guide anddevelop humankind in the coming century.UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCILArguably the most visible reform topic associated with the United Nations is areshuffling of the Security Council ? analogous to King Arthur’s infamous“knights ofthe round table.”In President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s mind,“he envisioned a SecurityCouncil with‘five policemen’defending the world against aggression.”13But as isoften said,“the times have changed”and today many nations are vying for a covetedposition in what is clearly the United Nations most powerful order.At the top of the pecking order for inclusion in an expansion of the UNSC isGermany and Japan. The rationale behind these particular two nations is manifold.For instance, Katsuhide Kitatani, former UN assistant secretary general and deputyexecutive director of the UN Population Fund, states“Japan is a major global power,so Japan must live up to expectation if the international community recognize it assuch and asks it to play such a role.”14 Similar arguments are proffered for Germany’sassumption of a permanent seat at the table. In addition, rival countries are alsolobbying for inclusion in any expansion of the UNSC. Most notably India, Nigeria,Brazil, Egypt, and Mexico are all desiring to enhance their prominence in the worldbody. As a result, three primary expansion formulas dominate present UNSC reformdebates. And some argue for no changes to the UNSC at all. Earlier this year, BritishForeign Secretary Douglas Hurd said,“The Americans have a saying,‘if it ain’t broke,13 Stanley Meisler,“More Faces at U.N. Table?,”The Los Angeles Times, in cooperation with The Yomiuri Shimbun（published in The Daily Yomiuri）, November 12, 1994, p. 7.14 Takehiko Kajita,“Japan needs more prominent role in world body”, Mainichi Daily News, October 28, 1994, p. 2295